The IRS has ended the Direct File program, which let some taxpayers file their annual returns for free using software developed by the government. Many tax preparation companies opposed this, as did ...

Our BAM file format converter is a web-based tool for manipulating genomic data. It lets researchers convert BAM (Binary Alignment Map) files, which store large amounts of sequence alignment data, ...

Microsoft says that the File Explorer (formerly Windows Explorer) now automatically blocks previews for files downloaded from the Internet to block credential theft attacks via malicious documents.

Ed Rhee, a freelance writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, is an IT veteran turned stay-at-home-dad of two girls. He focuses on Android devices and applications while maintaining a review blog ...

PDFs remain a common way to share documents because they preserve formatting across devices and platforms. Sometimes, however, you end up with several separate PDFs that would be easier to handle as a ...

I use Indesign almost daily, and the pagination and convenient graphical interface make that product number 1 among desktop publishing programs. Indesign, as well as many other graphics programs, have ...

Your iPhone uses the HEIC file format by default, but it isn't universally supported, making it a hassle to convert these images to JPG. That's where Apple's Shortcuts app comes in. I've written for ...

For years, tech companies (well, certain tech companies) tooted their horns about a future in which files didn’t matter. You don’t even need a file manager of any sort, they told us—and, in fact, we ...

Choosing between an online file converter and a desktop file converter app isn’t an easy choice. Both have their pros and cons, and you are almost always missing out on something no matter the choice.